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01Undated

The child was diseased at birth - stricken with an hereditary ill that only the most vital men are able to shake off. I mean poverty - the most deadly and prevalent of all diseases.

Eugene O'Neill / quote

02Undated

The only living life is in the past and future-the present is an interlude- strange interlude in which we call on past and future to bear witness that we are living.

Eugene O'Neill / quote

03Undated

On my solemn oath, Edmund, I'd gladly face not having an acre of land to call my own, nor a penny in the bank, I'd be willing to have no home but the poorhouse in my old age, if I could look back now on having been the fine artist I might have been.

Eugene O'Neill / quote

04Undated

One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.

Eugene O'Neill / quote

05Undated

Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace.

Eugene O'Neill / quote